Watercolour Artist Sam l. Boehner uses the medium to help work through trauma. 'Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.'-Thomas Merton
sam l boehner cspwc; afca
My Background
My Inspiration
My Background
Born in Fredericton New Brunswick in 1960, Sam Boehner moved to the west coast in 1992. After finishing a degree in Biology at the University of Victoria and a 13 year career in fisheries management, Sam began the journey to becoming an artist in late 2007. After a period of ill health, this new-found passion was a way into self-dis
Born in Fredericton New Brunswick in 1960, Sam Boehner moved to the west coast in 1992. After finishing a degree in Biology at the University of Victoria and a 13 year career in fisheries management, Sam began the journey to becoming an artist in late 2007. After a period of ill health, this new-found passion was a way into self-discovery, relaxation, and positive mental health.
Sam Boehner's award winning watercolours have been included in Regional, National and International Exhibitions. To view watercolour paintings please contact Sam at the email provided.
Art classes are also available.
Her Medium
My Inspiration
My Background
Watercolour has always attracted Sam, not simply for its challenge of working with a medium considered uncontrollable, but also for how it has helped her work through trauma.
Sam studied the watercolour medium for three years with Leslie Redhead MEd.; NWWS; AFCA; CSPWC Sam has, since early 2009, participated in many other art education wo
Watercolour has always attracted Sam, not simply for its challenge of working with a medium considered uncontrollable, but also for how it has helped her work through trauma.
Sam studied the watercolour medium for three years with Leslie Redhead MEd.; NWWS; AFCA; CSPWC Sam has, since early 2009, participated in many other art education workshops, classes, and symposiums across Canada, the USA, and Europe. Her thirst for knowledge in this water medium is insatiable.
"After viewing my work, I hope you can feel how much I love watercolour; and I hope you leave this site wanting more...Please contact me with questions about any of my work. I thank you for your interest."
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
Sam's love of colour, light and shadow inspire her work. Bold beautiful colours fill her home and her life.
"Watercolour has taught me many life lessons; the biggest one is that I cannot have light in my life without periods of darkness. In watercolour, I have learned that it is in the darkness that you find light.
Living with depress
Sam's love of colour, light and shadow inspire her work. Bold beautiful colours fill her home and her life.
"Watercolour has taught me many life lessons; the biggest one is that I cannot have light in my life without periods of darkness. In watercolour, I have learned that it is in the darkness that you find light.
Living with depression and pain can create darkness in anyone's life, and each moment or day that I live without either I am thankful. Living a life in gratitude there is also light.
Each subject I approach, I want to find the light. Without it, feels unfinished or incomplete."